21st C
One of the silliest ideas I have heard for a long time is the current proposal put forward for discussion at the forthcoming AGM of the Circus Area Residents' Association to be held in May. The proposal is to place a monument on the Circus Green (see picture above) to commemorate John Woods, Senior and Junior.
For heaven's sake! All you have to do is look around you! The Circus in its full architectural glory stands there as a permanent memorial to these inspired men.
Instead of a useless piece of stone or whatever stuck in the middle of the Circus (under the trees and on top of a water cistern buried beneath them) I propose the reinstatement of lighting in the form of the iron lantern overthrow designed to illuminate each entrance to each building. There is one original still in place to be admired. Overthrows have been restored to each house in Landsdown Crescent and look wonderful.
Finance will be the stumbling block but might, I believe, be overcome with the aid of European and British heritage funds, while many residents of The Circus might be willing to make donations. I have rarely been so incensed by so senseless a suggestion as I am about this superfluous memorial.
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LIVING WITH MRS THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH IN THE CIRCUS, BATH, 18TH /21ST C By VIVIENNE RAE-ELLIS The following is a work in progress, to be published here in instalments. The manuscript has not been submitted to any publisher. References and bibliography will be published following the final chapter. 1) go to the Manuscript below right.. 2) Start from the top entry.. 3) Read down through the manuscript
The Circus
About Me
- Vivienne Rae-Ellis FRGS
- I am an ex-pat Tasmanian author who has lived in England since 1987. I have had eleven books published in seventeen editions by publishers who include Faber&Faber, Heinemann, Hamish Hamilton, Robert Hale, University Of Melbourne, University of Yale, Angus Robertson and the Australian Institute Of Aboriginal Studies. Subjects include biographies of three famous Australians: Trucanini, the last Aboriginal Tasmanian to live and die on the island; Louisa Anne Meredith, Australia's first resident female author, and George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector of the Aborigines in the 1830's. Published work includes books for adults and for children based on the history of Australia; the paranormal;and Public Libraries.
